Today had its ups and downs with a few odd surprises thrown in. However, none of it is blog-shareable so you'll have to be content with a mysterious blog post that doesn't satisfy.
I think that the end result of everything is just life as normal.
There were a lot of little things that worked today. Ben had an appointment in the morning. It usually goes long, and today it was long but not absurdly long. I went on a walk with a friend. It was colder out than I expected, but it was still nice to get out.
Isaac had full band practice after school. Annoyingly, he had to stand out in the cold by parent pick-up before going back inside to go to practice. I understand why, but at the same time, it seems like they could figure something different out. There were a bunch of students doing this though, so they could all be cold together.
I cleaned a drawer for O:CtH. This one was my miscellaneous paper and random other stuff drawer and I had recently put too much paper in it and it was hard to open. This drawer does get cleaned out regularly, but I still got rid of a bit and put several more papers in a different pile for filing. I'm not sure I'd call it organized, but it is much emptier.
Tornado has made himself a nest. I regularly hear him scrunching the paper just so at night time.
Ben got a new car today! While he ordered it back in November, we weren't expecting it until mid-February which made everything feel slightly rushed. However, all the paperwork easily got finished on time and he was able to get it.
I know it's not a great picture, but I regularly go for quick and easy pictures instead of good pictures.
We had some friends over tonight. They include a lot of boys between 7th and 1st grade. The kids just play though...it's always a bit crazy, but in a good way.
They also went outside for a little bit. So now the whole yard has footprints around it, but it's perfect.
I had most of the day blocked out for cleaning the house and getting ready, but by 9am I decided that it was good enough. I did do a bit more cleaning and stuff, but at the same time I was much more laid back. It was a nice feeling; the house has been staying a little cleaner than normal somehow and it's made life easier several times. Surprise surprise.
We finally got some snow. I guess we had some yesterday too, but most of it was today and it was beautiful.
Beyond that, it was a pretty normal day for me. Isaac climbed his first V2 route at rock climbing, so that was exciting. (It starts with VB, Beginner. Then VB+, V0, V1, and now he's done V2. It gets hard quickly.) I belayed Joshua several times on a route. He did the run several times. First just to try it, then with fewer breaks, then with no breaks, and then with as many breaks as he could. It was a funny challenge.
